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@guoxu.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Business and Public Policy at @BerkeleyHaas | Political Economy, Econ History, Organizations www.guoxu.org

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SIOE 2026 : Call for papers | SIOE

SIOE 2026 at INSEAD Fontainebleau! 13-15 July. Call: www.sioe.org/conference/2...

24.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

03.11.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4467    πŸ” 1413    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 137

It's hiring season at @iast.fr!

- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

20.09.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Excited to host the All California (formerly All UC) economic history JM conference tomorrow β€” proud to keep this tradition alive and looking forward to the papers! events.berkeley.edu/events/event...

03.10.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the basic rhetorical trick of Trumpism is to frame "accountability" to "being elected" rather than being answerable for your actions (which Trump avoids).
Governments build many (perhaps too many) accountability mechanisms for non-elected officials.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/unelected-...

19.09.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Beyond the War: Public Service and the Transmission of Gender Norms Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

The 4th entry in our Census Tree celebration πŸŽ‚πŸŽ‰ is @guoxu.bsky.social & team's work that uses the CT to show that sudden ⬆️ in female public sector employment during WWI ⬆️ LFP among daughters of civil servants, suggesting that β€œtemporary shocks can give rise to persistent changes in societal norms.”

28.08.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Without CT we couldn’t have written the paper!

29.08.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A conversation with RPDE Postdoctoral Research Associate Miguel Ortiz: Understanding the economics of conflict, producing a radio drama, and more Note: This interview is the second in our series interviewing RPDE’s visitors. See the first with Eric VerhoogenΒ here. Check back for our third with Jessica Goldberg soon.Before we welcome in an excit...

rpde.princeton.edu/news/2025/co...

05.08.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!

15.04.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 12
briangknight.bsky.social

πŸ“Œ Excited to announce the 2nd Northeast Political Economy Conference πŸ“Œ We (briangknight.bsky.social) are seeking submissions from economists & political scientists working on political economy topics.

Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJ...

28.04.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
summer school β€” Maximilian Auffhammer

🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics!

πŸ”— Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school

πŸ“… Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley

w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...

25.04.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

So happy to see this forthcoming! A fantastic paper from a former Haas BPP student! @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social Congrats @yasirkhan.bsky.social super well deserved!

23.04.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call for papers: @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social conference on Firms/Trade/Development, Oct. 24-25, 2025.

The leading conference in the firms & development space!

Early decision deadline (to accommodate visa processing): May 30.

General submission deadline: July 18.

16.04.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re excited to introduce the Swedish Municipal Council Database! This open-access resource contains our hand-coded data for all local politicians in Sweden's democratic local elections between 1919 and 2018. A 🧡

Co-authors 🀩 @abrarbawati.bsky.social, @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social Moa Frâdin

16.04.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

❗️We are looking forward to receiving your submissions for the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of crime. @chtraxler.bsky.social

⏳ Deadline: May 02 - five weeks from today.

See details in the thread below πŸ‘‡

25.03.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CALL FOR PAPERS:

Brexit Conference, London, May 15, 2025.

Hosted at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Themes including labor markets, investment, innovation, trade and political economy.

Submit by March 30th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

18.03.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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great idea - we didn’t plan for it, but maybe next time!

14.03.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited about the first installment of the Berkeley Econ History Mini Conference β€” first edition being on econ history x political economy. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

14.03.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today about a thousand folks Stood up for Science at Berkeley, and I was honored to be among them. Great energy β€” and it’s just the beginning
#SUFS

08.03.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Foreign aid can be effective without the US In the wake of USAID cuts, wealthy nations and individuals must take the reins

Here is a link for those w/o FT subscriptions. The editorial is well worth reading.

on.ft.com/3DtbLM4

07.03.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Foreign aid can be effective without the US In the wake of USAID cuts, wealthy nations and individuals must take the reins

"The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are."
-- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in today's FT.

06.03.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Berkeley and east bay folks - we will have a UC Berkeley campus event on Friday as part of this broader day of action β€” please join us and make your voice heard!

www.standup4scienceberkeley.com

02.03.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
We're not done yet | 18F

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

01.03.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 18893    πŸ” 6876    πŸ’¬ 698    πŸ“Œ 448
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πŸ“£ CALL FOR PAPERS πŸ“£
NICEP Conference
What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics
πŸ“† May 12-13 -- Submit before March 3rd
πŸ“ Nottingham, UK
Confirmed: Diego Gambetta, Maria Petrova, Sandra Sequeira & StΓ©phane Wolton
sway.cloud.microsoft/IKXaLZCiPkJh...
#EconSky

24.01.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
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Today's #Kuznets2025 mini-conference celebrated the scholarship and teaching of Oriana Bandiera, and featured a lineup of fascinating new research.

Many thanks to all the presenters & discussants:
egc.yale.edu/events/kuzne... #EconSky @yaleeconomics.bsky.social

28.02.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned on Tuesday He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.

Dean Karlan's job at USAID was LITERALLY to improve the efficiency of its programs.

DOGE is clearly not actually after cutting fraud and waste. And its actions will clearly make the US weaker while also making the world a worse place.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...

26.02.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Opinion polls from before Germany's election (Infratest).

1) Social Democrats draw heavy criticism for unconditional handouts (BΓΌrgergeld), seen as punishing the working poor. Same for neglecting the working class in general, Scholz not providing leadership.

25.02.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

🚨New working paper🚨

β€œThe Political Costs of Taxation”

with @evadavoine.bsky.social & Igor Kolesnikov

When a state has low capacity and legitimacy, attempts to enforce unfair taxation can fuel social conflict!

Some key findings:
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24.02.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨One more week to apply to the 2025 Berkeley Stone Center Summer School on Inequality

A unique program geared towards students at the beginning of their PhD, taught by leading scholars in the field, all costs covered!

Deadline: Feb. 28

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sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...

22.02.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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